Wie kam's? Heute: The Office
Ein kurzer Rückblick auf Whedon in seiner 2007er kurz-vor-Dollhouse-Phase. The Office (US) 3x16, "Business School", Directed by: Joss Whedon.
AVC: How did your episode of The Office come about?
JW: I knew Greg Daniels a little bit, because he's married to Susanne Daniels, who is largely responsible for Buffy ever being on the WB. And I know Jenna Fischer because she's married to James Gunn, who briefly worked for me, and is a friend and an awesome guy. I saw him at a con, saw his wife, and said, "What do you do?" She said, "I'm starring in an NBC sitcom." I felt really dumb. So I rushed off and watched it. As it happened, I also took offices, briefly, right next to their writing staff, pre-season, and I became chummy with all of them. It was sort of a giant group of chum. So when somebody suggested it, it was kind of like, "Well, the comfort factor is pretty high, because I already know the writing staff and a bunch of the cast, and I adore the show. This will be a completely new thing for me, a real departure." And then they said, "It's about a bat, and there's a vampire." [Laughs.] I was like, "You have to be fucking kidding me." They were like, "Your stunt meeting is here, and your CGI meeting is here." I was thinking, "Didn't I just leave this party?" That was just coincidence. But that's how that happened. God, it was fun.
...in einem an sich und als ganzes natürlich höchst lesenswertem Interview. Aber er hat noch mehr zu sagen:
Joss kehrte noch für eine grandiose Folge in der vierten Staffel zurück. Ob er auch in der fünften was machen kann, hängt wohl vom Dollhouse-Zeitaufwand ab.
AVC: How did your episode of The Office come about?
JW: I knew Greg Daniels a little bit, because he's married to Susanne Daniels, who is largely responsible for Buffy ever being on the WB. And I know Jenna Fischer because she's married to James Gunn, who briefly worked for me, and is a friend and an awesome guy. I saw him at a con, saw his wife, and said, "What do you do?" She said, "I'm starring in an NBC sitcom." I felt really dumb. So I rushed off and watched it. As it happened, I also took offices, briefly, right next to their writing staff, pre-season, and I became chummy with all of them. It was sort of a giant group of chum. So when somebody suggested it, it was kind of like, "Well, the comfort factor is pretty high, because I already know the writing staff and a bunch of the cast, and I adore the show. This will be a completely new thing for me, a real departure." And then they said, "It's about a bat, and there's a vampire." [Laughs.] I was like, "You have to be fucking kidding me." They were like, "Your stunt meeting is here, and your CGI meeting is here." I was thinking, "Didn't I just leave this party?" That was just coincidence. But that's how that happened. God, it was fun.
...in einem an sich und als ganzes natürlich höchst lesenswertem Interview. Aber er hat noch mehr zu sagen:
Joss kehrte noch für eine grandiose Folge in der vierten Staffel zurück. Ob er auch in der fünften was machen kann, hängt wohl vom Dollhouse-Zeitaufwand ab.
wiesengrund - 17. Juni, 17:06
